Cattleya porphyroglossa
A Brazilian bifoliate Cattleya with slender, cane-like pseudobulbs about 30 cm tall and waxy, brownish-yellow flowers with a purple, red-veined lip, borne in spring. It grows as an epiphyte in forests of south-eastern Brazil, including riverside forest. Grow it as a warm, bright-light Cattleya with a slightly drier, cooler winter.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte in Atlantic Forest and seasonal semi-deciduous forest, including forest on river islands and river margins; one Portuguese source says it grows on Vellozia along riverbanks, which suggests open, bright, well-drained perches.
Mostly a lowland to low-montane plant; the few wild records with altitude start at about 50 m, and no reliable upper limit was found.
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